Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, appeared with Prince Charles, left, and his wife, Camilla. It was Kate's first public engagement in a couple of weeks.

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Maria Puente
USA TODAY

It's garden-party time again at Buckingham Palace and Duchess Kate is one of the brightest flowers today in buttercup yellow.

As she was last year, the former Kate Middleton, now about seven months' pregnant, was one of the clutch of royals at Queen Elizabeth II's annual garden party on the back lawn of Buckingham Palace, where 8,000 guests sip about 270,000 cups of tea and 20,000 sandwiches and slices of cake are consumed, according to British media reports.